According to Insider.com, an Alita: Battle Angel sequel is still on the table.
“Have there been any conversations about ‘Alita’? Several, even in the last couple weeks,” James Cameron’s longtime producing partner, Jon Landau, told Insider during a press day for the digital release of “Avatar: The Way of Water.”
On December 14, James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez spoke via video conference about Avatar: The Way of Water. At the very end, James Cameron said to Robert Rodriguez, “Hey, let’s make another Alita film.”
Cinemablend published an article titled: The Cool Way The Alita Army Inspired Avatar Producer Jon Landau To Continue Pushing Disney For A Sequel
In it, Jon Landau gave more insight to his actions following seeing the L.A. Times ad:
“There’s an ad from the Alita Army about doing the sequel. I couldn’t have timed it better. Did I send that to everybody at Disney? Absolutely, I did.”
Jon Landau’s Facebook post showing the #AlitaDay ad in the L.A. Times
Join us Saturday, December 17 at 9:00 pm UTC for Radio KAOS episode #145; we’ll be discussing how the potential success of Avatar: Way of Water will impact our push for an Alita: Battle Angel sequel!
How are you feeling about the chances of an Alita sequel now? Let us know in the comments.
Talking with Brandon Davis of Comicbook.com, Jon Landau gave his reaction to seeing the #AlitaDay ad that the Alita Army took out in the L.A. Times.
“Alita Army! Way to go keep it up. I got, I tell you a funny story, I went back to Los Angeles. I’ve been in New Zealand for quite some time and I went back to Los Angeles over the summer and the day I was there, the first day back, I opened the Los Angeles Times and there’s an ad from the Alita Army in color and I was like, ‘There you go! Thank you. Keep it up!'”
We can be sure that our efforts has kept Alita’s hope for a sequel alive! Our work isn’t finished yet. We’ll continue to “pepper” Disney with our requests for an #AlitaSequel. Stay tuned for future campaign announcements.
A tweet by @kas_movie informed us that Yukito Kishiro shared in a blog post details of his meeting with James Cameron and Jon Landau at the Avatar: Way of Water premier. It begs the question: Did they discuss plans for an Alita: Battle Angel sequel?
This may be another strong indication that plans for a sequel are moving forward. We still have to convince Disney to greenlight the sequel so don’t stop letting Disney know that you want it. Stay tuned for future campaign plans.